Facing their 11th and 12th games in the last eight days, the Junior National Team made the 45-minute ride to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ historic complex in the Dominican Republic for an early morning contest on Friday before traveling to Boca Chica in the afternoon to face the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Reds in the afternoon.

After his team dropped three of four to the Boston Red Sox, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo received some reinforcements on Friday as infielders Cavan Biggio and Lourdes Gurriel, as well as left-handed hurler Thomas Pannone were promoted from triple-A Buffalo in advance of Toronto's interleague series opener against the San Diego Padres at Rogers Centre.

With Mississauga, Ont., native Josh Naylor being promoted by the San Diego Padres to make his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre this weekend, we thought we would take a look back at this story that originally appeared on our site on June 9, 2015, just after Naylor was selected in the first round by the Miami Marlins.

According to multiple reports, Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) will be called up by the San Diego Padres on Friday and will make his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.

The Dominican Summer League tour is entering its final stages as Saturday’s finale draws near but the Junior National Team still has business to take care of before then, including Thursday’s match-up with the DSL Mets that ended in a 5-5 tie.

Ken Giles is pitching like an elite closer again. So what does that mean for his future with the rebuilding Toronto Blue Jays? Canadian Baseball Network writer Lucas Casaletto tackles this question in his latest article.

The Victoria HarbourCats have added right-handers Garrett Goodall, of Embry-Riddle in Florida, and University of Hawaii ace Cade Smith for the 2019 season. Both are B.C. products -- Goodall from Nanaimo, and Smith from Abbotsford.

With their eighth and ninth games in six days and third doubleheader in five days, the Junior National Team’s offence showed little in the way of fatigue as the club recorded 20 hits in games against the Dominican Summer League’s Twins and Yankees on Wednesday.